Key: F major•
Intro 1
F
F/A
Gm7
Bbadd9
Am7
C
Bbadd9
Bbadd9
F
F/A
Gm7
Bbadd9
Am7
C
Bbadd9
Bbadd9
Verse 1
F
F/A
They say that these are not the best of times
Gm7
Bb
F
But they’re the only times I’ve ever known
F/A
Gm7
Bb
F
F/A
Gm7
And I believe there is a time for meditation
Bb
C
Csus4
In cathedrals of our own
C
G
C
Dbdim
Now I have
Chorus 1
Dm
F/C
seen that sad surrender
Bbsus2
F/A
in my lover’s eyes
F/G
G7
And I can only stand
Csus4
C
apart and sympathize
Bb
For we are always
F/A
Gm7
what our situations hand us
C
Bbadd9
Eb/Bb
Bb
It’s either sadness or euphoria
Interlude 1
F
F/A
Gm7
Bb
Am7
C
Bbadd9
Verse 2
F
F/A
So we’ll argue and we’ll compromise
Gm7
Bb
F
And realize that nothing’s ever changed
F/A
Gm7
Bb
F
F/A
For all our mutual experience
Gm7
Bb
Our separate conclusions are
C
Csus4
C
G
C
the same
Dbdim
Now we are
Chorus 2
Dm
forced
F/C
Bbsus2
to recognize our inhumanity
F/A
F/G
G7
Csus4
C
A reason coexists with our insanity
Bb
And though we choose
F/A
Gm7
between reality and madness
C
Bbadd9
Eb/Bb
Bb
It’s either sadness or euphoria
Interlude 2
F
F/A
Gm7
Bb
Am7
C
Bbadd9
F
F/A
Gm7
Bb
C
Csus4
C
G
C
Dbdim
How
Chorus 3
Dm
thoughtlessly
F/C
Bbsus2
we dissipate our energies
F/A
F/G
G7
Perhaps we don’t fulfill
Csus4
C
each other’s fantasies
Bb
And as we stand upon
F/A
Gm7
the ledges of our lives
C
Bbadd9
Eb/Bb
Bb
With our respective similarities
C
It’s either sadness or
Outro 1
F
F/A
Gm7
Bb
(euphoria)
Am7
C
Bbadd9
Oh…
F
F/A
Gm7
Bb
Am7
C
Bbadd9
[Repeat and fade]
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ChordsF F/A Gm7 Bbadd9 Am7...
F
F/A
Gm7
Bbadd9
Am7
C
Bb
Csus4
G
Dbdim
Dm
F/C
Bbsus2
F/G
G7
Eb/Bb
Capo: No capo
Transpose: 0
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